The Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Osumi arrived at a southern Kuwaiti port Monday to deliver vehicles and other supplies for the Japanese ground troops in Iraq.
The 8,900-ton Osumi, escorted from Japan by the 4,550-ton destroyer Murasame, arrived with supplies including about 70 vehicles, including light armored vehicles, water tankers and trucks, as well as construction material and other equipment for the Ground Self-Defense Force troops.
About 140 members of a 190-member GSDF contingent that arrived in Kuwait on Sunday picked up the supplies. They will travel in the vehicles to their camp in Samawah, Iraq, where about 250 other GSDF members are already deployed.